Why Miners Risk Their Lives To Get Sulfur From An Active Volcano | Risky Business
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In East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners face deadly smoke to mine sulfur, or "devil's gold." So why do they do it? In this episode of Risky Business, we ...

THEYRE FREELANCE CONTRACTORS AND PAY FOR THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT :bird-screm-2:

THEY STILL FOLLOW SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS DESPITE THE SULFUR EVISCERATING THEIR LUNGS :amerikkka-clap:

  • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    god damn that's wild. especially fucked when they mention how the tourists come with gas masks to watch the miners who don't have gas masks of their own. how could someone not give away their mask to a person working there every day? i guess the same way you could go there and not automatically respect the shit out of those guys (he mentions near the end that for foreign tourists, working as a sulfur miner isn't a job that's respected).

    • machiabelly [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Its also likely the mask is provided by a tourist company, so it isnt theirs to give. At least they actually tip them though

        • machiabelly [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah fucking obviously. I cant even imagine how horrible id feel with my mask looking at someone wearing a wet rag.

          • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            for real! like not only is the shit hella caustic and terrible for you but on top of that it's gotta smell absolutely beyond words nightmarishly terrible